Events

Recall of ADVIA CENTAUR CP SYSTEM - CALIBRATOR

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED.

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A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    132703
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-02-16
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics has confirmed a lot to lot bias with calibrator e kit for the advia centaur testosterone assay. internal investigation demonstrates: -an average positive bias of 17% across the assay range with calibrator e kit lots ending in 42 as compared to values generated with the master curve. -an average negative bias of 7% across the assay range with calibrator e kit lots ending in 43 as compared to values generated with the master curve. -the positive bias of calibrator e kit lots ending in 42 to the master curve compared to the negative bias of calibrator e kit lots ending in 43 to the master curve is the main driver for the negative bias between values generated with calibrator e kit lots ending in 42 and calibrator e kit lots ending in 43. the bias of the calibrators to the master curve has been corrected with calibrator e kit lots ending in 44. the performance of the testosterone assay on the advia centaur cp is not affected. calibrator e is also used for calibration of the advia centaur systems cortisol and progesterone assays however the performance of these assays is not affected.

Device

ADVIA CENTAUR CP SYSTEM - CALIBRATOR
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 04636889 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR); Model Catalog: 04634762 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR); Model Catalog: 04634452 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR)
  • Product Description
    ADVIA CENTAUR CP SYSTEM-CALIBRATOR;ADVIA CENTAUR SYSTEM-CALIBRATORS
  • Manufacturer
    SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Manufacturer

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED
  • Manufacturer Address
    OAKVILLE
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    HC